Automobile-fender.



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CARL HAMMARSTROM, OF MoNEsslElN, PENNSYLVANI, ASSIGNOR. OF NE-HALF TO GUSTAE NEWMAN, 0F MONESSEN, PENNSYLVANIA.

AUTOMOBILE-FENDER.

To all whom it may conc-em:

Y Be it known that I, CARL HA'ivrMAns'rRoM,1 a citizen. of the United States, residing 'at Monessen, in the county of Westmoreland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvementslin Automobile-Fenders, of which .the following isA a specification.

yThe inventlqnrelates to fenders, and more particularly to the class of -automobile A fenders. 1

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a fender of this character wherein persons' or objects struck by the machine when' in motion. will be prevented.

from falling beneath the wheels or being forcibly struck with any of the' projecting .parts of the automobile, thereby obviatingv the possibility of maiming the person or causing the loss of life by running over such person.

provision of a fender wherein the front wheels of the motor vehicle areguarded so that Vit will be impossible for a person or object to fall beneath the wheels and thereby sustain injury.

A further object of the inventionfis the provision of a fender of this character which can be readily attached to or. removed from the motor vehicle. A still further object of the invention is the provision of a fender of this character which is simple in construction, strong, durable, thoroughly reliable and efficient-inits purpose, and inexpensive in manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, com bination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated. in

Ain the claim hereunto appended.-

In the drawingz-Figure 1 is a fragmentary, side elevation of a motor vehicle with one of its front wheels partly broken away and the axle in section and showing the fender constructed in accordance with the invention applied. Fig. 2 is a top plan .vi'ew ofthe fender. Fig. 3 isa .front ele' vation thereof. Fig. 4 is a vertical trans- Another object of the invention is lthe responding parts throughout the several views'in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing by numerals, 5

designates generally a portion of the body of an automobile, 6 the front axle, and 7 the front' turning wheel supported upon the usual spindle connected by means of a turning knuckle of the ordinary well-known type to the saidfront axle.

Detachablyv mounted upon the front axle 6 is a fender support comprising a substantially U-shaped hanger rail 8 having its end .portion disposed rearwardly fora distance at oppositesides of the front portion of the automobile and supported at the desired elevation forwardly of the automobile body upon Lshaped brackets or hangers 1() which are, provided at their free ends with axle clips 11 adapted to embrace the front axle 6 for the detachable mounting thereof.

The fender comprises a substantially scoop lshaped structure including an upper frame 12of a shape corresponding to the U-shaped rail of the fender support, and a lower frame '14 which vis of greater size than the upper frame 12. On these frames 12 and 14 is mounteda wire mesh fabric netting 13 forming the body of the said fender. The lower frame 111 has its side limbs bent upwardly and rearwardly as at 16 so that vthe netting connected thereto andto the end portions 9 of the upper frame 12 will serve as wheel shields or guards disposed outside of the wheels 7 to prevent a person or object from falling beneaththe same'when the automobile is in motion. 'Y The upper frame 12 is formed at intervals with hooks 15 which detachably engage the U-shaped hanger rail 8 for the suspension of the fender at the for- 'ward end of the automobile. the accompanying drawing, and pointed outI Connected to the upper and lower frames 12 and 14 are spaced'bracesl( which are dis- Speccaton of Letters Patent. Patented llvll'. 24, 1914. Appncation mea August 15, 19113. serial No. 784,919.

posed againstthe inner side of the netting I 13,v the braces 17 being integral with the frame and preventing the sagging of the netting when pressure is applied thereto, while' integrally formed with the, frames centrally thereof is a reversely curved upright rib 18, the same being disposed'on the outer side of the netting to reinforce the fender structure at this point.

'F rom the foregoing it is'thought that the construction and manner of use o the invention will be clearly understood, and.

. support comprising .axle clip on one end arm, and hooks at intervals on the top rail extended explanation has of the fender body and detachably engnge- 10 able with the othe1` rail.l

In testimony whereof I ax my signature in presene of two witnesses.

CARL HAMMARSTROM.

therefore a; more been omitted.v

What is claimed is v The combination with a fender body having a substantially U-shaped top rail, of a,

an L-shaped erm, an*l of the'erm, a substan- Witnesses: tially U-shaped rail on the other end of the GUSTAF E. NEWMAN,

J. E. -NEwcoMER.

, 4 f" 'Copiesof this patent` may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of` Patents, Washington, D. C."v J' A 

